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Stability in retail prices of pulses achieved on account of pre-emptive, p
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution has said that the stability in the retail prices of pulses have substantially stabilized in the past five months and this has been achieved on account of pre-emptive and proactive measure
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India's leather industry should aspire to be number 1 in the world: Piyush
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that India's leather industry should aspire to be at the number 1 position in the world.
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Piyush Goyal inaugurates food security museum in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 15 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Monday virtually inaugurated the office building, Divisional Office Hubballi in Karnataka and food security museum at Thanjavur in Tamil
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Nearly 11.57 lakh farmers benefitted through paddy procurement in KMS 2021
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): The Department of Food and Public Distribution has procured over 209.52 LMT of Paddy in Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22 in the procuring states or union territories, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution informed on Tuesday
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Centre amends Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 for enhanc
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI): Department of Consumer Affairs under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has omitted Rule 5 of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities), Rules 2011 defining the Schedule II prescribing the pack sizes of various types of commod
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Union Ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti celebrate Bhai
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Minister of State (MoS) for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Saturday celebrated Bhai Dooj at the former's residence.
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Edible oil prices declined due to steps taken by Centre, says Food and Pub
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): Retail prices of edible oil have declined quite significantly due to a number of steps taken by the Centre, said a government official.
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India Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai crosses two lakh footfalls
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): The India Pavilion, inaugurated by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, on October 1, has successfully completed its first month at the Expo 2020, Dubai.
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Onion cheaper than last year, says Union Ministry
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 4 (ANI): Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution on Wednesday said that the prices of onion this year are cheaper as compared to last year and the government's effort to ease the prices is "now bearing results".
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Standing Committee on Food selects 20 subjects for examination, scrutiny
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): The Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution on Wednesday selected 20 subjects of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution for examination and scrutiny for the financial year 2021-22.
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Centre urges consumers to buy only hallmarked jewellery this Diwali
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): Ahead of Diwali and on the occasion of Dhanteras, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) of the Department of Consumer Affairs under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution requested all consumers to ensure that they buy hallmarked je
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Centre invites applications for 3 vacant posts in NCDRC
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): The Department of Consumer Affairs under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has invited applications to fill three existing vacancies for the post of members in the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC).
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